Category: Palestine & Jordan

B’Tselem-produced documentary “Of Land and Bread” premieres at IDFA

November 24, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

B’Tselem-produced documentary “Of Land and Bread” premieres at IDFA The first full-length documentary film produced by B’Tselem, “Of Land and Bread,” directed by the head of the organization’s video department, Ehab Tarabieh, premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam (IDFA) Sunday Nov. 24, 2019. The world premiere included additional screenings scheduled later this…

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What Christians Need to Know about Quid Pro Quo

November 24, 2019November 24, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Quid pro quo is a Latin phrase and a world view meaning “something for something”, “a favor for a favor”, “give and take”, “you scratch my back, and I’ll scratch yours”, “one hand washes the other”; Which is antithetical to how Jesus lived and what he taught his followers to do. By Eileen Fleming This very concerned non-Arab…

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Israeli woman refuses to serve in IDF

November 19, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Israel woman refuses to serve in IDF The military has sentenced conscientious Objector Yasmin Ricci-Yahav to 20 prison days for her refusal to join the military. This is Yasmin’s 5th prison term, and at the end of it she would have served 74 prison days In a video published before her current imprisonment, a very courageous…

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Arafat’s legacy an inspiration to everyone seeking freedom, justice

November 15, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Arafat’s legacy an inspiration to everyone seeking freedom, justice By Ray Hanania I met Yasser Arafat many times over the years. He was a true hero, a champion of justice and a champion to free his people, the Palestinians, who lived under the violent and oppressive yoke of the militant Israeli regime. Israel survives today…

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Arab Radio: Ray Hanania and Ali Younes on Arabs running for Congress in 2020

November 10, 2019November 10, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Arab Radio: Ray Hanania and Ali Younes on Arabs running for Congress in 2020 Broadcast on 11-08-19 live on WNZK AM 690 Radio in Detroit, Michigan and podcast at TheArabStreet,org. Ray Hanania, Special US Correspondent for the Arab News Newspaper, and Ali Younes, reporter with AlJazeera, discuss the various Arab Americans who are running either…

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Gaza hosts Edward Said Institute for Music Education festival

October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Gaza hosts Edward Said Institute for Music Education festival A photo array of performances at the Edward Said Institute for Music Education in the Gaza Strip held in October 2019. By Tarek Masaud Palestinian Photographer The Edward Said Institute for Music Education, in conjunction with a youth organization, launches activities throughout the Gaza Strip to…

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Hollywood, Journalism stories and Vanunu Mordechai WhistleBlower update

October 2, 2019October 2, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

The Washington Post Global opinion piece announced “Hollywood loves triumphant journalism stories. This isn’t one” vis-a-vis Jamal Khashoggi. That oped inspired this update regarding Israel’s nuclear whistle blower Mordechai Vanunu vis-a-vis Hollywood. By Eileen Fleming David Von Drehle began The Washington Post Global Opinion piece stating “Hollywood loves heroic journalists” then contended, “The case of Khashoggi should…

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Documentary Filmmaker returns to find parents’ ancestral homes in Mexico and Palestine

September 30, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Documentary Filmmaker returns to find parents’ ancestral homes in Mexico and Palestine Chicago filmmaker just launched Kickstarter campaign for production in Mexico for new film that seeks to provide accurate representations of the American immigrant community through her personal story. Colette Ghunim, Chicago-based director of the award-winning documentary The People’s Girls, which investigated the issue…

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UNRWA USA partners in Run with Right to Movement Palestine to raise funds

September 24, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

UNRWA USA partners in Run with Right to Movement Palestine to raise funds UNRWA USA is partnering with Right to Movement Palestine to bring a group of runners and refugees from Palestine to relay run 250 miles down the East Coast, from New York to DC, in just five days, to deliver a message that…

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American Muslims for Palestine hosts conference Nov. 28-30, 2019

September 23, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

American Muslims for Palestine hosts conference Nov. 28-30, 2019 The American Muslims for Palestine will host their 12th annual convention from November 28 through Nov,. 30, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency, Chicago. Speakers include: Zwelivelile Mandela South African MP, Grandson of Nelson Mandela Chief Dalibhunga was born in Soweto. He completed his tertiary education at…

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Museum of the Palestinian People banquet Oct. 3, 2019

September 23, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Museum of the Palestinian People banquet Oct. 3, 2019 Join us for our second annual fundraising reception at the Tabard Inn! This year’s theme is “Stepping into the Future Together”. We will be celebrating the enormous milestone of our inaugural opening in Washington, DC this year that took place on June 15th 2019 and exploring…

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President Carter’s Cover-up: Vanunu Mordechai’s Status Quo

September 22, 2019September 22, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

A Google Alert for “Vanunu” announced “Report: Carter Administration Covered Up Clandestine Israeli Nuclear Test.” The link led to The Jewish Press article that repeated the lie that Mordechai Vanunu was an “Israeli scientist” By Eileen Fleming Mordechai Vanunu holds BA’s in geography and philosophy. Vanunu was never a scientist but a mid-level nuclear technician…

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Sabeel International Gatherings and Holy Land Reality Tours

September 13, 2019September 14, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Sabeel is Arabic for the “way”, “path”, “road”, “route” and one of the most common words in the Quran, mentioned over 160 times. Sabeel is also an international peace movement established in Jerusalem by Palestinian Christians seeking a just peace in the Holy Land as defined by international law and United Nations resolutions. By Eileen Fleming The next…

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LA Feedback Festival and This American and Israel’s Nuclear Whistle Blower Vanunu Mordechai

September 11, 2019September 14, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

On the 18thanniversary of 9/11, I learned my long forgotten FREE Logline submission entered into the Los Angeles FEEDBACK Film and Screenplay Festival is a Semi-Finalist, and that gives me hope that by next September 11, multitudes will have heard about “This American and Israel’s Nuclear Whistle Blower Vanunu Mordechai.” By Eileen Fleming This morning’s…

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Canadians for Justice and Peace in Palestine release new video series

September 5, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Canadians for Justice and Peace in Palestine release new video series Previously we wrote to you in detail about our new video series titled Oppression 101. With this series, we hope to make it easier for you to share the brutality of Israel’s oppression of the Palestinians with your friends. Today, we release Oppression 101…

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Trump’s Wall, Today’s Military, and a 9/11 Reflection

September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

On the Wednesday before this September 11, we the people learned that Mr. Trump’s Wall will also affect nearly every facet of military life due to the transfer of $3.6 billion congressionally appropriated Defense Department funds. “Fear drives out compassion and hardens the heart.” By Eileen Fleming Because Mr. Trump fears losing his wall loving…

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Reddit criticized as an anti-Arab, anti-Muslim racist social media

September 4, 2019September 4, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

Reddit criticized as an anti-Arab, anti-Muslim racist social media By Ray Hanania After being excluded from Reddit repeatedly, and communicating with dozens of other Arabs and Muslims in the U.S. and in the Middle East, it’s clear that Reddit is run by a pack of racist Arab-hating and Muslim hating activists who manage and control…

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Combatants for Peace expands its powerful voice in the United States

September 2, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Combatants for Peace expands its powerful voice in the United States Combatants for Peace, one of several important Israeli and Palestinian organizations that champion human and civil rights and advocates for a just peace between Palestinians and Israelis, announced this week that they are expanding their chapters to strengthen their powerful voice in the United…